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Topic: Open ports

Related:
  Open House    Office is open  
  Open Book    Port  
  Open    Open Door  
  Open File    Open Source  
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Favorite website(s):Slashdot
Favorite possession(s):Linux box,  Apple Computer,  Nintendo system
People talk about their ..:Weirdness
Favorite era(s):1700s
Favorite explorer(s):Leif Ericson,  Ibn Battuta,  Francis Drake
Favorite book(s):"Maximum Internet Security: A Hackers Guide" by Net Sams
Interest(s):Boating
Favorite computer game(s):Hacking,  Doom,  Quake
Favorite online activity(s):Chatting on ICQ,  Finding warez,  Downloading porn
Favorite quote(s):"Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in ocean level won't cure." - Ross Macdonald
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
 
 
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

These ports were designated because they have the expertise, equipment, and open spaces to provide the new service, which is expected to boost the leading position of Saudi ports in the region.
However, ITD is working on a plan that will allow open ports to remain active while ensuring the stability and security of the network.
Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper

Open ports include telnet, ssh, ftp, pop-3 and mysql.
When ports system improvements arrive from the Open Package Project , we will incorporate the changes along with FreeBSD and the other major distributions.
Jana cannot open ports, so it will only work with software that can be configured to communicate through a proxy - firewall.
Jake Farley,
Truck Driver

Once it is back together enough to run, I will again hold this arm open while the motor runs to pump oil up into the ports and be absolutely positive that there is a solid flow free of bubbles.
Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur

Symposium OPEN IVR offers a capacity ranging from four to an unlimited number of ports.
Setting up DNS on your own system requires you to open extra ports which may be a security risk for your data.
Mike Enlow,
Internet Marketer

Customer agrees to secure open SMTP ports to prohibit mail relaying by third parties.
Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman

A hacker or computer virus can then examine these open ports and potentially exploit them to steal information from your computer or use it to wage similar attacks on other computers or servers.
Essentially, ports are doors that an application goes through to communicate through the Internet, so when hackers run a port scan they're looking for ports that are open.
Software is available that will open additional ports (14 in the case of ICQ Protector ) in the same range that ICQ uses.
 
 
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